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(No iddem' Y L. LOEBENBERG & D. H. MORRIS.

v TROUSERS CREASER.

N0. 575,401. Patented Jan. 19, 1897.

WITNESSES: INVENTOH UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE,

LEO LOEBENBERG AND DANIEL H. MORRIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TROUSERS-CREASER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,401, dated January19, 1897.

Application filed October 2, 1895.

To all whom it 71mg 0072106771,.

Be it known that we, LEO LOEBENBERG and DANIEL H. MORRIS, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of New York, in the county of New Yorkand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Trousers-Oreasers,of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts.

Our invention has relation to a device for pressing or creasing the legsof trousers, and the object thereof is to provide a simple and effectivedevice of this character; and with this and other objects in view thedevice consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combinationof parts hereinafter more fully described in the specification andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a sideview of our improved trousers-creaser. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, andFig. 3 is an end view of the device.

Similar letters of reference designate like parts throughout the severalviews.

In carrying our invention into practice we provide two bars A and A,which are curved near the middle thereof and are provided at said curvedportions with a flattened portion ct,having a central opening throughwhich a screw or pivot 0 passes connecting said bars in the manner ofshears, and upon the outer ends of said bars are secured cylindricalhandles B and B, of wood or suitable material which is a non-conductorof heat. lhe opposite end of bar A is extended transversely to form yokea, the ends of the yoke being bent inwardly at a, and mounted withinsaid bent ends is a cylindrical roller D, of metal or suitable material,said roller being provided with central apertures in the end thereofadapted to receive the inwardly-directed extremities a of the transverseor yoke portion a, whereby said roller is revolubly mounted therein.

The bar A is provided with a lateral yoke-' shaped portion a theextremities of the yoke being bent inwardly, and within said portion isrevolubly mounted a short cylinder D, provided with central openings inthe ends thereof adapted to receive the inwardly-directed extremities aof the yoke-shaped portion of the handle A.

Serial No; 564,414. (No model.)

By forcing the cylindrical handles B B together the short roller D isforced upon. the long roller D, the pressure being regulated by theforce exerted upon the handles.

The operation of the device is as follows, and will be readilyunderstood: The cylinders D and D are adapted to be heated, and the legsof the trousers are placed upon the long roller, and the outer edge ofthe short roller is placed just beyond the front edge of the trousers,and by forcing the handles together the required amount of pressure isapplied to the rollers, and the same may be moved backward and forward,as desired, and the crease formed is only upon the front of thetrousers, owing to the fact that the short roller extends only partlyacross the leg of the trousers.

Various changes in the construction, ar-

rangement, and combination of the several parts of this device may bemade without de parting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having fully described this invention,what

- we claim, and desire to secure by Letters lPatent, is-

1. A trousers-creaser consisting of two bars or rods crossed and pivotedtogether at about their centers, each provided with a handle on one endand with a smooth cylindrical roller on the other end, one of saidrollers being longer than the other and both being devoid of gearingattachments, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. A trousers-creaser, consisting of two pivoted bars having curvedcentral portions, one end of said bars being provided with cylindricalhandles of non-conducting material, the outer end of each of said barsbeing provided with a yoke portion in which is revolubly mounted acylindrical roller, one of which is shorter than the other,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signedour names, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 30th day ofSeptember, 1895.

LEO LOEBENBERG. DANIEL H. MORRIS.

Witnesses:

C. Gnas'r, K. ENsLIE.

